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Stephen Baxter's bestselling novels, Flood and Ark (ROC, 2009 and 2010) introduced a universe in which a handful of refugees in a primitive starship flee a drowning Earth. In the duology we see the refugees reach colony worlds they call Earth II and Earth III. The three novellas in Landfgall answer the frequently asked question, "What happened next?? The final piece, "Earth I," is original to this collection, a trio of stories that continue Baxter's masterful world-building.Stephen Baxter is the pre-eminent sf writer of his generation. Published around the world, he has also won major awards in the US, UK, Germany and Japan. Born in 1957, he has degrees from Cambridge and Southampton. He lives in Northumberland, England with his wife.

THE ARK is an exciting international political thriller. Set in 2016, it is about surviving martial law and a pandemic in America, which Dr. Hana Sokijina and a group of US military veterans struggle to survive in a homemade submarine. Murder, treason, combat, Russian bioweapons, White House traitors, genocide, heroic Chihuahuas, eco-terrorists. THE ARK is a story for anyone concerned about the future of America. It is a story of survival.THE ARK is a story of an American president and corrupt White House imposing martial law under the ruse of a global epidemic quarantine that inadvertently becomes real when Russia allows a GMO plague bacterium to fall into the hands of an environmental zealot who uses the president’s ruse to release this GMO. The result is annihilation of all but a handful of humans worldwide.This is the story of how they survived on their ARK to rekindle the American idea.“Erskin peaked carefully over the bunker. There sat the sniper staring directly at him, and wearing a Marine Corps sniper’s Ghillie suit. She had a Navy SEAL tactical combat knife sticking straight out of the top of her skull.”“CIA Deputy Director Abrambs pondered the math for a moment. “So…am I correct that a dose of 8ppb yielding an LD99 means that 99% of the people exposed to 8 parts per billion will die?”“Yes, Mr. Abrambs,” intoned the tinny voice on the speaker phone, “to be more precise 99.99% of those exposed will die.”Abrambs stared grimly at the speaker phone. “This isn’t a weapon. It’s extinction.”

In a “haunting, apocalyptic, compelling” near future, one man and his daughters must stop an alien virus from becoming a deadly global epidemic (Essence). Blake Maslin and his two daughters are driving to Flagstaff when bandits swarm their car. At gunpoint, the marauders kidnap one of Blake’s children, promising to keep her safe in return for medical care. Warily, the doctor goes with them, not realizing that he has just taken the first step down a terrifying path that will consume his life. The gunmen take him deep into the desert, to a colony of people infected with a gruesome alien disease. It causes weakness, sallow skin, and birth defects so horrible that the children who suffer them cannot rightly be called human. The victims have quarantined themselves in the desert lest their illness spread and doom mankind. But as their willingness to accept isolation falters, Blake becomes the last hope for the survival of an uncontaminated Earth. Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking and award-winning science fiction and dystopian novels have inspired generations of readers all over the world. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author’s estate.